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On This Day

Posted by Karen on August 4, 2025, 11:32 am

1900 - Hon. Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was born, the 9th child and 4th daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon, Viscount Glamis, later known as 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and his wife Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck. The place of her birth is not known for certain. The birth was registered in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, near the Strathmores' home of St Paul's Walden Bury.

Re: On This Day

Posted by Hollie24 on August 4, 2025, 11:57 am, in reply to "On This Day"

In the photo of her as a toddler, the late QEQM is wearing the same coral necklace subsequently worn by her own daughters, and her granddaughter Anne, in their early pictures. I don't know if Sarah wore the necklace when she was a toddler.

Re: On This Day

Posted by stephen on August 4, 2025, 7:11 pm, in reply to "On This Day"

What an amazing lady!

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